1. 1943-55 Basic 7 Food Guide The Food Wheel

2. 1979 Food Groups Food producers objected because it displayed the dairy & meat groups below the fruit, vegetable, & grain & close to the “eat less” category of fats, sweets, & alcohol

3. 1991 USDA Eating Right Food Pyramid The USDA blocked publication under pressure from meat & dairy groups objecting to the position in the hierarchy x

4. A Proposed Alternative Meat & dairy producers preferred a bowl design over a pyramid because they thought the bowl shape suggested greater equivalence among food groups x

5. 2005 My Pyramid

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8. 1995 Food Consumption Pyramid This pyramid compares the average number of servings consumed per day to the recommended servings